Behavioral neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field that investigates the complex interplay between brain function and behavior, drawing upon insights from various key research areas. By integrating methodologies from neurobiology, neurophysiology, neuropharmacology, neuroimaging, and cognitive neuroscience, it investigates the intricate underlying mechanisms. We encourage global neuroscientists and doctors to discuss the integrative endeavors to hold significant implications for understanding neurological disorders, thereby contributing to the advancement of further therapeutic interventions.

Keywords: neurobiology; neurophysiology; neuropharmacology; neuroimaging; cognitive neuroscience; behavioral neurology; neuroinformatics

The rapidly growing body of literature in the field of neuroscience underscores the importance of interdisciplinary and inter-subject collaboration. The concept of system neuroscience focuses on going beyond the individual neuroscience domains and toward more general neuroscience concepts. At the session, we will discuss submissions on various topics that address systematic issues in today's neuroscience research.

Keywords: neuroscience integration; interdisciplinary research; system-wide approach

Over the last few decades, technological advances have resulted in earlier and more accurate diagnosis and successful therapeutic intervention of neurological disorders. Advanced multimodal neuroimaging and OCT not only solve diagnostic challenges but also provide helpful biomarkers to monitor disease progression. Newly approved drugs and therapeutic interventions, such as transcranial magnetic and vagal nerve stimulation have offered new hope to people with non-curable neurological diseases. In this session, we welcome posters and manuscripts addressing diagnostic and therapeutic technological advances in Neurology.

Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging; positron emission tomography; neurodegeneration; nanotechnology; optical coherence tomography

Neuropsychology aims to investigate the cognitive processes of the mind in relation to brain structures. Areas of interest include sensorimotor functions, perception, attention, spatial construction, intelligence, executive functions, memory, language, motivation, emotions, and quality of life. Historically, it has developed with the study of adult patients with brain injury of different origins. Over the years, the spectrum of investigation has broadened to the study of developmental lesions and children with language and learning disorders. The increasing availability of neuroimaging techniques and, even more recently, of neurostimulation techniques has made a fundamental contribution to the growth of current knowledge and has definitively pointed to the discipline as a multidisciplinary area of convergence among numerous skills and professions. In this multidisciplinary perspective, the session aims to bring together recent updates in neuropsychological research. Presentations that focus on neuropsychological function in both healthy and disordered conditions and across the lifespan are encouraged. Submissions that address the development and testing of neuropsychological interventions are also encouraged.

Keywords: attention deficits; neglect; language disorders; learning disabilities; stroke; traumatic brain injury; neurostimulation; neuropsychological rehabilitation

Olfactory dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases

Different neurodegenerative diseases are associated with olfactory impairment. The degree of olfactory dysfunction may vary among different neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and progressive supranuclear palsy. In particular, in Parkinson’s disease, the olfactory deficits may precede the occurrence of motor symptoms; they are, therefore, often underestimated in patients during the early stages of the disease.

The aim of this specific section is to correlate olfactory dysfunction with neurodegenerative diseases, in order to evaluate the progression of pathology and the quality of life in patients.

Keywords: olfactory dysfunction, neurodegenerative diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease.

The session endeavors to understand how the mind works. Trying to understand our minds is perhaps the most ambitious and exciting project in all of science, and this project requires tools drawn from fields that include experimental psychology, artificial intelligence and computer science, linguistics, vision science, philosophy, anthropology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience (among others). This session will introduce the most recently developed tools and theories from these areas, as they relate to the study of the mind. We will explore the latest advances in mental processes such as perception, reasoning, memory, attention, imagery, language, intelligence, decision making, morality, and even attraction and love, as well as the technologies and findings that support the effective study of applications in learning, health, rehabilitation, decision making, strategic thinking, international affairs, human development, and in human factors. In sum, this session will examine the assumptions of cognitive science and many of the most important and fascinating results obtained of late to gain important new insights into what we are and how we work!

Key words: cognitive neuroscience; developmental science; cognition; learning; perception; artificial intelligence; perception; decision making; aging

Findings from basic neuroscience research continue to promote the advancement of clinical neuroscience. This session reviews new findings from translational neuroscience that can help to improve the diagnosis and treatment of neurologic, psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Keywords: clinical neuroscience; translational medicine; neurologic disorders; neuropsychiatric disorders

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience invites leading scientists, physicians, practitioners, and scholars to discuss positive and inspiring perspectives on the theragnostics of brain, spinal, and cellular disorders at the microscopic level. Advancing diagnostics and therapeutics where the molecule and cell meet is especially unique at the DNA, mRNA, chromosomal, and genetic frontiers, and tools such as CRISPR can mobilize the questioning brain toward success in patients and animal models. Stroke victims, the triple threat of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and epilepsies, and degeneration as well as autistic reverse neurodegeneration propel us toward recovery for life at its best. Advances in reverse aging oblige us to engage in molecular and neuromolecular tools to defray substance use disorders that may propel aging. While we carefully tread into Newtonian Einstein mechanics to ensure health at the atomic and subatomic levels, the question “Can Tau be solved with quantum mechanics?” may be asked.

Keywords: psyche; mind; neurology; psychology; surgery; diagnostics; therapeutics; cell biology; signaling pathways; mental disorders; neuroinflammation; the immune system; interleukins; cytokines; dermatology; cell metabolism; cancer; stress; movement disorders; Lewy body disease; cognition; amyloids; multiple system atrophy; addiction; quantum gravity; sensors; drug delivery; molecular biology; pharmaceutical industry; biomedical industry.

Neurological diseases often are associated with long-term disabilities, poor quality of life, and worse self-rated health. Recent advances have been observed in the understanding of the disability process, including the role of contextual factors in improving clinical decision making in the neurorehabilitation field. This session calls for contributions related to therapeutic approaches in rehabilitation aimed at recovering function and health, preventing disability and disease-associated risk factors, and promoting function and health in people with neurological disease. In particular, contributions devoted to improving evidence-based practice in clinical decision making in neurorehabilitation are welcomed.

Keywords: neurorehabilitation; function; disability; quality of life; clinical decision making; evidence-based practice